Tuition Fees and Payment Information
Your tuition fee depends on your study programme and funding type. Below you will find information about payment procedures, deadlines, and available support options.
Tuition Fees and Payment Deadlines
Students who study in state-non-funded study places must pay tuition fees.
If you are admitted to a state-non-funded through LAMA BPO or the VU ISAS system
You must pay the tuition fee for each semester by the end of the first month of that semester
If you are admitted to a state-non-funded study place through Dream Apply
You must pay the tuition fee for the first year of studies within 15 calendar days from the date you receive the invitation to study. Tuition fees for later semesters must be paid by the end of the first month of each semester.
If an unclassified student terminates the study agreement, the part of the paid tuition fee that corresponds to the annual study price (or the price of the studied course units) is refunded in accordance with the Vilnius University Tuition Fee Payment, Refund, and Recovery Procedure.
Payment Methods
Tuition fees can be paid via electronic banking services provided by Swedbank or SEB bank or via bank transfers at any other bank. Please pay your tuition fees in the bank where you have opened your account. When paying via bank transfer, it is necessary to specify all the information provided in the payment order formed in the VU Study Information System eStudent or the VU Admission System Dream Apply, respectively.
If you have any questions, please contact the Study Office of your Faculty (Academic Unit).
State-Supported Loans
Students are granted the possibility to apply for State-Supported Loans that are issued through a selected bank for one academic year. Loans can be given in these cases:
Loan to cover tuition fee. Maximum amount equals the yearly tuition fee of the study course you attend. This loan is paid directly to the account of an institution of higher education until July 1.
Loan to cover living expenses. Maximum amount - € 4 400 per year. This loan is paid in equal monthly installments until July 1 to the borrower's personal account (for last year students until graduation);
Loan for partial studies abroad. Maximum amount - € 3 300, to be paid all at once to the borrower's personal account
The loan repayment period begins no later than 12 after graduation, or termination of studies and is repaid within no more than 15 years from the beginning of the repayment period.
The applications and disbursements of the study loans are carried out by the State Studies Foundation. Please note that there are requirements that you must meet in order to be able to apply for the loan. More information
State-Funded Student's Voucher Refund
State budget funds intended for covering tuition fees of state-funded places, or part of them are returned to the state budget, if persons choose to terminate their studies, excluding cases when first cycle or integrated studies are terminated during the first semester of the first year of these studies, and when students are expelled from a higher education institution according to the established procedures. Learn more.
Tuition Fee Postponement or Payment by Instalment
Students who pay for their studies can apply for:
Postponement of tuition fee for the semester for no later than December 1 in the Autumn semester and May 1 in the Spring semester;
Semester tuition fee payment by instalments – paying no less than 30 % of the semester tuition fee before the first month of each semester and dividing the remaining sum to one or two instalments which have to be paid before 1 December in the Autumn semester and 1 May in the Spring semester.
Applications for both of the options are only available form the second year of the studies for those admitted via the admission system at apply.vu.lt. Applications are welcome during the first month of each semester via the eStudent environment.
Tuition Fee Reduction
The tuition fee for the semester could be reduced:
For students actively engaged in scientific research at the University
for one semester
For students actively engaged in cultural activities at the University
for the period no less than two years, for one semester
For students actively engaged in sports and so representing the University
for one semester
For employees of the University
with the possibility to distribute the payments within semesters
Tuition Fee Compensation
The tuition fees paid for separate semesters could be compensated for students with excellent learning outcomes. The students who have the right for tuition fee compensation must:
Be eligible for State-Funded study places
Have no academic debts
Have reached the excellent or typical level of learning achievements
The list of students who have achieved the best learning outcomes is provided to the State Studies Foundation by the University. Tuition fees are compensated every year. Students granted tuition fee compensation are informed personally and are ought to submit an application for the compensation to the State Studies Foundation. You can get more information by contacting the State Studies Foundation.